Malkangiri: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Zilla Parishad Member candidate from Zone-II in Kalimela block has gone missing since Monday morning.
The missing candidate has been identified as Rina Kabasi, Rina Kabasi of Tumbaguda area in Kalimela panchayat.
As per reports, Rina Kabasi had filed her nomination papers for Zone-2 of Kalimela Zilla Parishad with the backing of the BJP. She allegedly went missing following the scrutiny of her nomination papers.
The saffron party’ Kalimela Mandal president Ratnakar Panigrahi has filed a complaint at the Kalimela police station over Kabasi going missing.
Meanwhile, BJP suspects the role of ruling BJD in Kabasi’s disappearance. President of BJP Yuva Morcha has said that the BJD has accepted defeat before the elections.